Love, Sex, Death And Words: Surprising Tales From A Year In Literature

Love, Sex, Death And Words: Surprising Tales From A Year In LiteratureLove, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious artefacts that literature has to offer. Find out why 16

When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007

In this provocative and agenda-setting book

and the very art of living

quiet girl name Cecily

to the latest technology and kitchenware

tragedy and romance in the Shakespeare canon

she is replaced as news anchor by a young himbo who keeps fit by doing step aerobics off his own ego

Magical tales from a spellbinding artist

The Emperor Claudius is dead

But only one thing is guaranteed in today's hyperconnected society: if your business isn't likeable

The titans of the Marvel Age - come the Inhumans

and the absurdities of the digital age